Sep 16 2017 Mind The (Perception) Gap: What You Think Of Your Service VS. What Your Customers Think
I want to start this by asking to you to take a moment and genuinely reflect on the service you provide and answer this question: Are you delivering a superior experience to your customers? If you answered yes, I’m glad to hear of the confidence you have in your technology and your agents. However, there’s […]
Read MoreSep 13 2017 Customer Service Secret Sauce: Guiding Customers
I recently read an incredible blog post by Lauren McDonald at HeyWire. (And I would recommend that you take a few minutes and read her comments on comparing support channels to the Olympics and awarding the text channel the “gold medal.” I’ll wait.) As the text channel continues to receive a lot of attention – […]
Read MoreJul 21 2017 Montgomery County 911 Outage Highlights Importance of NG911 Upgrade Planning
The latest 911 outage in Maryland reinforces the need for resilient backup environments that can recover from unforeseen occurrences. Recently, Montgomery County’s 911 services were unavailable for almost two hours due to a power outage in the county’s backup 911 center. It was a series of unexpected events that resulted in this outage, during which two […]
Read MoreJul 15 2017 The Veterans Administration Is Struggling With Customer Service Fundamentals
The Veterans Administration (VA) has come under much scrutiny over the past few months for poor customer service and long wait times for healthcare. At one point, the current Secretary of the Veterans Administration Robert McDonald compared the long wait times for veterans to the lines at a Disney amusement park: “What really counts is, how […]
Read MoreJun 02 2017 Facebook Messenger For Customer Service: Should You Buy Into The Hype?
Like a few of my other colleagues, I had the opportunity to attend the recent Aspect ACE conference in Las Vegas. The primary focus of the event revolved around discussion on Facebook and Interactive Text Response, and Aspect would not sit on an island promoting the upside of jumping on the Facebook wagon. The Harvard Business […]
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